Beginning Ukulele Players

So last week Wednesday was the first day of a new class I'm teaching at the Torrance Adult School. Everyone seemed to really enjoy it and seeing how they learned so much on just the first day, they said they were really looking forward to the next week's class (tomorrow).
First thing I wanted to show them was how easy it was to get started so I showed them the one-finger C chord followed by the one-finger C7 chord then F then back to C again. Everyone seemed to already be familiar with basic strumming but as expected, mostly with that typical "swing" feel. So I showed them how to count out beats while strumming and when to expect typical chord changes. Eventually I will show them the strumming pattern made popular by Bruddah Iz with his version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" which, if you haven't heard by now, must mean you've been living in a cave.

Check out this video for an explanation on how to emulate that strum and be able to figure out others as well. Let me know what you think!